Cluster four spacecraft measurements of small traveling compression regions in the near-tail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Slavin, J A ^a   Owen, C J ^b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Boralv E ^d   Moldwin, M B ^e   Sibeck, D G ^a   Tanskanen, E ^a   Goldstein, M L ^a   Fazakerley, A ^b   Balogh, A ^f   Lucek, E ^f   Richter, I ^g   Reme, H ^h   Bosqued, J M ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^h IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT; PLASMA THEORY;

PLASMA SHEET; ARRIVAL TIME; CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; FLUX ROPES; MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; TIME OF FLIGHT; TRAVELING COMPRESSION REGIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; PLASMA SHEATHS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 12144289696     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018438     Document Type: Article

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